Productive Pastures Podcast

Episode 12 – Grazing and Soil Health with Luke Skinner

Grazing management can improve soil health. Listen as we discuss soil health, grazing systems, and more with Luke Skinner.
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Episode 11 – What’s Behind Missouri’s Fall Dry Spells? Drought talk with Matthew Kavanaugh

Dry weather in the fall time in Missouri has been common in recent years. Listen as meteorologist and forage crops research specialist, Matthew Kavanaugh, breaks down the reasons behind the dry weather.
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Episode 10 – Colorado to Missouri: Building a successful cow-calf business from scratch with Tad Carnahan

Tad Carnahan visits Carson Roberts at the Cornett farm to talk about cattle, grass, and business management. Tad talks about his experience moving from Colorado to Missouri and what it takes to start and grow a successful farm business. 
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Episode 9 – Livestock & native grass - the best way to improve wildlife habitat with Ryan Diener & Marina Osier

Ryan Diener and Marina Osier visit Carson Roberts at the Cornett farm to talk about native grass, cattle, and wildlife. They talk about why good beef management is the best way to improve wildlife habitat, the benefits of natives, and observations from their own farm. 
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Episode 8 – Grazing Milo & Winter Feeding Strategies with Leon & AJ James

Join me as I talk to Leon and AJ James. We discuss grazing milo, bale grazing, winter forage, and many other topics. Winter feeding strategies must be well-planned to work, so start planning today!
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Episode 7 – Total Grazing with Tauna Powell

In this episode, Tauna and I discuss total grazing. Tauna has been practicing total grazing for >5 years with good results. In this episode she shares her successes and struggles. This topic is controversial in the regenerative grazing world. Many are concerned that 80-90% utilization would be devastating to cattle performance. Total grazing remains an experimental practice. Hopefully we will have more discussion and data on this topic in the future. 
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Episode 6 – Stockpiled Sorghum X Sudangrass with Jeff Jackson

Join me as I continue my conversation with Jeff Jackson as we talk about stockpiling sorghum x sudangrass for winter grazing.
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Episode 5 – Maximizing Yield and Quality with Sorghum X Sudangrass with Jeff Jackson

In this episode I sit down with Jeff Jackson to talk about Sorghum X Sudangrass management for a high quality high yielding summer forage. We talk about hybrid selection, harvest management, grazing management, and fertilizer management.
In the second part of this conversation we talk about stockpiling sorghum X sudangrass for winter forage. Stay tuned!
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